The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1887-10-29

four times on Mrs. Howard. The
visits took place between the latter
part OF February and 2nd or
3rd Of April. / presumed these
visits were upon Mrs. Howard from
his being in her room with her.
While he was in her room her sister,
Miss Waite, was usually sitting at
the Waikiki door of the same room
on the veranda. The time l Usually
saw him there was between III and
u in the morning. AS ! went by
the door | could see him and Mrs.
Howard sitting on chairs conversing.
Have seen other gentlemen there
visiting her, but l can't say in her
room. Mrs. Howard told me that
she was engaged to Mr.. Gibson, but
l must keep it quiet and not tell any
body, as Mr.. Gibson had not men,
toned il to his family yet. That
was about the drift of the converse
ton. This was about the second
visit of Mr.. Gibson, She used to
consult me and speak to me about
things very often. Mr.. Gibson's
visits were spoken of by others in
the clearinghouse. delivered two
notes from the plant if to defendant.
She asked me to take letter and |
did. To the best of my recollection
the letter was merely asking Mr..
Gibson to call on her at certain
day. l think it was headed "Dear
Mr.. Gibson" and ended, / think,
"Yours, affectionately, Flora" ]
know the sending of this note was in
consequence of plaintiff and myself
being told that q certain piece Of
poetry was going to be published in
one of the newspapers. The poetry
had reference to Gibson and herself,
and was rather scurrilous. deliv-
cred the note TO Mr.. Gibson person
ally in his private Office in the Gov
eminent building. 1t was early in
April. In consequence of Mr.. Glib
son not calling on her after the first
letter she wrote a second letter. l
read it, addressed it and delivered
it. l was asked to take another let
ter and declined. During the time
| roomed in the same house with
plaintiff at Mrs. Dudoit's / think she
had behaved as much like lady as
anyone could be, as far as l know,
seeing but very little company or 60
ing out during the day or night. l
have never seen or known any i'm
propriety of any kind. / have
known her go to the theatcr with Mr..
Turrill. The only gentlemen callers
saw there, outside of Mr.. Gibson,
have been Mr.. l.. M. Mather, Col.
V. V. Ashford and young McChes-
ney. They usually sat on the veran-
da. When the defendant was at the
house l never saw him bring any
thing. told her if she was really
engaged to him, l thought in justice
to her it should be made public. The
scurrilous poetry that was to be pub
lished l heard of perhaps, two or
three days before 1 took the letter to
defendant. / heard that such an
article was to be published; heard
it from party connected with a
newspaper. The person who init
mated the publication of the poetry
was Mr.. Beals of the evening Bull
LETIN. He told me of his having or
ders from the proprietors of the
newspaper to write out some poetry
concerning the defendant and plain
tiff. / told Mrs. Howard of the cir
cumstance and she requested me to
ask Beals, who is also a boarder at
the Dudoit house, not to publish this
article, and he said he would request
the proprietors not do so. 1t never
appeared. The supposition why
plaintiff showed me her letters was
to prove that she was engaged to de-
PENDANT. She told me she had heard
that defendant denied the engage
ment. The first letter was not writ
ten by my advice or dictation the
second letter the same way. To the
best of my recollection the first let
ter did not contain anything in re-
gard to an engagement between
plaintiff and defendant.
MRS. HoYT's DEPOSITION.
The deposition of Mrs. Emma
Victoria Hoyt was then read by Mr..
Kinney. 1t went ON to say that the
plaintiff roomed at her house; that
she knew the defendant to speak to
had not met him socially; he had
been to her house several times;
was aware of dealings between plain
tiff and defendant that she told the
plaintiff there was no improperly in
Mr.. Gibson visiting her, and that
she had never heard any scandal
against him; that he was a gentle
man; that he called on her and
spent the evenings with her alone;
that he made six visits to her house
in September and two in August;
that she saw on one occasion defend
ant parting from plaintiff at the
front gate that the average length of
his visits was from Z 80 to 10 O clock;
that plaintiff to her knowledge did
not receive any other gentlemen
than defendant in her private sitting
room; that plaintiff made a conf
dant of her; that from observation
of Mr.. Gibson's actions she had the
impression that he was earnestly in
love with her; that she thought Mr..
Gibson would not come to public
lodging house like hers and spend
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